Timeline for Is “might could” a correct construct?
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| Jun 10, 2012 at 20:00 | comment | added | Jonik | @tchrist: Yes, that sounds about right, but I don't how see how it relates to my comment. Maybe you misread what I wrote. (I never used the phrase you object to.) | |
| Jun 10, 2012 at 15:37 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | @Jonik There’s something wrong with saying it’s “not correct linguistically speaking”. A linguist doesn’t really recognize “correctness”; he merely describes actual usage. A grammarian might prescribe against it, but that isn’t linguistics. | |
| Sep 19, 2010 at 12:25 | comment | added | Jonik | I upvoted both your and Kosmonaut's answer, as they are both right. As he says, it's not ungrammatical (linguistically speaking), just non-standard. As you say, it's considered incorrect in most varities. I really don't see much reason here to get upset, let alone declare that "there's no hope" for this site. | |
| Sep 19, 2010 at 0:20 | history | answered | delete | CC BY-SA 2.5 |